republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-380.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Continuing medical education."
description: "Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California. Under that act, the board is required to adopt and administer standards for the continuing education of physicians and surgeons. Existing law requires physicians and surgeons to complete a mandatory continuing education course in the subjects of pain management and the treatment of terminally ill and dying patients, except that it does not apply to physicians and surgeons practicing in pathology or radiology specialty areas. Existing law also requires the board to periodically disseminate information and educational material regarding detection of spousal or partner abuse to physicians and surgeons and acute care hospitals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 380"
citation: "California SB 380 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Continuing medical education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wright"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-15"
last_action: "2011-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/982b506d-acde-45ab-b8aa-89055dc550d8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB380"
source_hash: "7d9dc16cc8d614501ee5369a4649abfe6ea375920cf9af00ce3aa84a83fe4c39"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 380 (20112012) — Continuing medical education.

Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California. Under that act, the board is required to adopt and administer standards for the continuing education of physicians and surgeons. Existing law requires physicians and surgeons to complete a mandatory continuing education course in the subjects of pain management and the treatment of terminally ill and dying patients, except that it does not apply to physicians and surgeons practicing in pathology or radiology specialty areas. Existing law also requires the board to periodically disseminate information and educational material regarding detection of spousal or partner abuse to physicians and surgeons and acute care hospitals.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/15/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB380&version=20110SB38099INT)
2. **03/23/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB380&version=20110SB38098AMD)
3. **04/07/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB380&version=20110SB38097AMD)
4. **04/27/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB380&version=20110SB38096AMD)
5. **06/20/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB380&version=20110SB38095AMD)
6. **09/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB380&version=20110SB38093CHP)
7. **SB380** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB380)
8. **08/24/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB380&version=20110SB38094ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 380 Wright Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB380 Wright Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wright — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2011-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-22** Set for hearing April 4.
- **2011-03-22** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-03-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-04** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2011-04-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-25** Set, first hearing. Testimony taken. Further hearing to be set.
- **2011-04-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 847.) (May 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2011-05-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1172.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2454.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-18** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2002.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2011-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 236, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/982b506d-acde-45ab-b8aa-89055dc550d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).